arthritis

CEFRC1

/ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A disease causing pain and swelling in the joints.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

Examples

  • Arthritis is a painful condition that affects the joints.

  • People with rheumatoid arthritis symptoms should be careful about what they eat.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs]
  • /ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/

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In context

  • The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;

  • She identified the dry grasp and the finger joints (both the Simpsons were dry-handed, and in the early stages of arthritis, so Dr Simpson had diagnosed).

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Origin

noun

From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.